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MNTN Is Selling Ryan Reynolds’ Agency Maximum Effort, SEC Filing Shows

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Maximum Effort was founded by actor Ryan Reynolds and producer George Dewey in 2018. BlackRock-backed CTV advertising platform MNTN is divesting production shop Maximum Effort "to an affiliate of its original owner," according to an IPO securities filing made Friday. In the filing, MNTN said that on Feb.

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Meta Files Settlement on 2018 Class-Action Suit Over Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal

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Meta proposed a settlement late Thursday to a 2018 lawsuit over elevations that now-defunct British political consulting outfit Cambridge Analytica improperly obtained access to user data from roughly 87 million people on the platform. "We acknowledge no wrongdoing, but here's $725 million."

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How Dr. Squatch Got Dudes to Level Up From ‘Mamma’s Little Man’

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On May 21, 2018, a fledging, direct-to-consumer soap brand called Dr. Squatch gambled $18,000 on a YouTube video. Starring comedian James Schrader, the three-minute spot was more of an explainer than an ad, and the writing was more manifesto than marketing. The soap you shower with? It's sh*t," barked Schrader, standing in front.

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Jimmy Kimmel Returns to Host Oscars for First Time Since 2018

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Kimmel hosted back-to-back broadcasts in 2017 and 2018, before the Oscars opted to go hostless in 2019 and 2020. The 95th Academy Awards will see a familiar face next year: Jimmy Kimmel will return as emcee for the ceremony, which is scheduled for March 12, 2023 on ABC. Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall.

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CMOs Are Living Many Lives in the C-Suite

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Stephanie McCarty has been a chief marketing officer for a little over five years, but the job she has today isn't the same one she took in 2018. "I I feel like I play marketer part of the day, chief financial officer part of the day and chief technology officer part of the day," said McCarty,

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Fortune, a Rare Media Success, Faces a New Set of Challenges

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in 2018, it faced an uncertain future. When the business publisher Fortune was first spun out of the former Meredith Corp. The legacy title had launched a standalone website only four years prior, had no digital subscription program, and had only a fledgling online readership.

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Best Buy Refreshes Brand for the Age of AI, Introducing ‘Spokeshologram’

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The logo, updated in 2018, remains the same. Best Buy has refreshed its brand today, expanding the color palette and adding the tagline, "imagine that." It also added a holographic spokesperson, Gram.